Brand new 1911 is not behaving or should I say that it is...

[Big_Red]

...misbehaving. I've only had my new SW1911PD for about a week and have taken her out to the range twice. Each time I came home with bruises and cuts on my face. You would think that I got attacked by a squirrel. Not so. It is the 1911 that continues to abuse me.

I do not know what is up but at least 2 spent brass shells out 8 (every magazine I shot) hit me in the head, face and on a couple of occasions in my left eye (luckily eye glasses prevented injury). Seeing that this is a brand new gun and that I am fairly close to S&W in Springfield, I decided to cut the range time short today and drove up to their factory. I dropped my gun off and will have it serviced. I realize that this is a new gun so it requires some breaking in but I do not believe that being hit in the face with hot brass is part of the S&W appeal.

I already feel separation anxiety

BTW, other than the abuse, I really like the gun.

 

[Bugs100]

Don't worry after 500 hundred rounds it will calm down alot. Mine did the same thing.

 

[Big_Red]

I've already put over 300 rounds through it.

 

[drgrant]

My friend's scandium commander never hit me in the face with brass, even
when it was new.

It's one thing if it happens once in awhile, but if it's happening often enough
that your eyewear and forehead are getting constantly hit, something is
wrong.

-Mike

 

[MassMark]

I must be from a different time...Maybe I've been living in a dream. If I hear, (read) one more time how a gun - especially a 1911 needs to "break in" before it will function properly, I think I'll blow a circuit. I have owned several 1911's - old, new, Colt, Para, Kimber...I removed them from their box, lubricated them properly, fed them quality ammunition and never looked back...What the hell is happening these days? A gun should function out of the box - period. "Break in time" for proper settling in of the barrel or moving parts is one thing, but break in time for proper function is sheer nonsense I tell you - nonsense.

 

[PaulD]

I must be from a different time...Maybe I've been living in a dream. If I hear, (read) one more time how a gun - especially a 1911 needs to "break in" before it will function properly, I think I'll blow a circuit. I have owned several 1911's - old, new, Colt, Para, Kimber...I removed them from their box, lubricated them properly, fed them quality ammunition and never looked back...What the hell is happening these days? A gun should function out of the box - period. "Break in time" for proper settling in of the barrel or moving parts is one thing, but break in time for proper function is sheer nonsense I tell you - nonsense.

FWIW, my Sig 229 9mm wouldn't lock the slide back at the end of a mag when I first got it. Sig said to run 200 rounds of heavy rounds through it (I got some 147g rounds). That did the trick and it's been fine every since.

My 1911 has been fine since day one.

 

[vellnueve]

...misbehaving. I've only had my new SW1911PD for about a week and have taken her out to the range twice. Each time I came home with bruises and cuts on my face. You would think that I got attacked by a squirrel. Not so. It is the 1911 that continues to abuse me.

I do not know what is up but at least 2 spent brass shells out 8 (every magazine I shot) hit me in the head, face and on a couple of occasions in my left eye (luckily eye glasses prevented injury). Seeing that this is a brand new gun and that I am fairly close to S&W in Springfield, I decided to cut the range time short today and drove up to their factory. I dropped my gun off and will have it serviced. I realize that this is a new gun so it requires some breaking in but I do not believe that being hit in the face with hot brass is part of the S&W appeal.

I already feel separation anxiety

BTW, other than the abuse, I really like the gun.

Are you sure it's hitting you directly in the face? Most of the time that any of my guns consistently hits me in the face with brass, it's because all the brass is ejecting and deflecting off the same spot on the wall.

 

[Big_Red]

Are you sure it's hitting you directly in the face? Most of the time that any of my guns consistently hits me in the face with brass, it's because all the brass is ejecting and deflecting off the same spot on the wall.

There is no wall for the brass to bounce off of as I shoot on an outdoor range.

 

[mark056]

Extractor or ejector problems?

Mark L.

 

[45collector]

Extractor or ejector problems?

Mark L.

Most likely. They must be tuned together to work in unison. My Colt did the same thing consistently 'till I adjusted the extractor and angle of ejector.

EDIT: just realized your's will have an external extractor. Not sure what to do with that because I only shoot 1911's with an internal.

 

[Big_Red]

Just got a call from S&W. They replaced the ejector with one from Ed Brown. Hopefully that will solve my problem.